Research on Catalyst and Reaction Kinetics in Fossil Fuel Refining, Biofuels, Green Hydrogen and Petrochemicals

Dear Colleagues,

Since the 20th century, especially in the 90s, significant progress was made in refining fossil fuel and in renewable energies. Consequently, many remarkable developments have ensued regarding research on catalysis and kinetics in the oil, biorefineries and petrochemical industries. These efforts were carried out in an attempt to outline the energy and environmental context for the coming decades with the decarbonization of energy carriers, which will govern the trend in industrial processes. However, oil will still remain a principal source of liquid fuels and petrochemicals for a long time, whereas biofuels and green hydrogen will be destined to play an important role as energy carriers. Within this framework, studies in kinetics and catalysis will be crucial concerning the technical, energetic and economic development of fossil fuels—jointly with biofuels, petrochemicals and green hydrogen—in the foreseeable future.

In this context, this Special Issue proposal of Processes, titled “Research on Catalyst and Reaction Kinetics in Fossil Fuel Refining, Biofuels, Green Hydrogen and Petrochemicals”, seeks high-quality works focusing on new trends and progress for obtaining petrochemicals, as well as fossil and renewable fuels, in a sustainable and economic way whilst considering the general aspects in kinetics for catalytic applications. Topics include the following: fundamentals of kinetics and catalysis for the development of refining and petrochemical industries; processes for aromatization, alkylation and bifunctional catalysis; catalyst deactivation and regeneration; fluid catalytic cracking; hydrocracking; hydrotreating; and catalytic distillation. In addition of these topics, research on the catalysis and kinetics of biofuels; green hydrogen; and catalytic recycling of polymers and biomass will be considered. 

Prof. Dr. Antonio S. Araujo
Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Florival R. Carvalho
Guest Editor Assistant

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